perfection
perfection is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.A quality, endowment, or acquirement completely excellent; an ideal faultlessness; especially, the divine attribute of complete excellence. Shak. What tongue can her perfections tell Sir P. Sidney. To perfection, in the highest degree of excellence; perfectly; as, to imitate a model to perfection.
- 2.To perfect. [Obs.] Foote.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- among
- and
- angel
- benefactor
- brick
- community
- demigod
- diamond
- duckling
- earth
- example
- fellow
- gem
- gentleman
- good
- hero
- heroine
- honest
- innocent
- jewel
- lady
- liver
- man
- men
- million
- model
- noble
- one
- paragon
- pattern
- perfect
- philanthropist
- piety
- pillar
- prince
- rough
- saint
- salt
- scholar
- seraph
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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